The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 8, 1918
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:38 AM
9:01 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -57
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Total solar eclipse
The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across Earth. From Columbus, 73% of the Sun is covered at 7:28 PM.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.4° / 130.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 49m / 23.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.76° / 0.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.66° / -0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.29° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.